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- Foundation presented her
- with its Up and Coming
- Award.
-
- About six weeks before
- the 1992 U.S. championships, Shannon
- injured her elbow and required surgery. It
- didnΓÇÖt keep her from competing, though. She
- even won the compulsory division! Her
- recovery earned her the Nuprin Comeback
- Award in March 1992.
-
- Shannon went on to compete at the 1992
- Olympics, in Barcelona, Spain. Although
- other U.S. gymnasts got more attention
- before the Olympics, Shannon won five
- medals -- more than any other U.S.
- athlete at the Games. (She won silver
- medals in the all-around competition